French conservatives on Sunday nominated former prime minister François Fillon as their presidential candidate.
Alain Juppé, another former prime minister, lost the second voting round in the Republicans’ first-ever presidential primary with 33 to 67 percent support.
Given the unpopularity of the ruling Socialist Party, Fillon is now the favorite to win the presidency in 2017.
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